Lighter



F. HEYDLE May 10,- 1949.

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Patented May 10, 1949 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE LIGHTER Fredrich Heydle, Youngstown, AOhio Application April 24, 1946, Serial No. 664,591

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a lighter and more particularly to a lighter designed to ignite by separating two parts thereof, such as a body and a cap portion.

The principal object of the invention is the provision of a self-igniting lighter.

A further object of the invention is the provision of a lighter utilizing motion of removing a cap portion from a body portion thereof to institute ignition of a wick therein.

A still further object of the inventionvis the provision of a lighter having means for creatingsparks in connection with a lighter stone and said means formed to direct the said sparks against'a wick in the said lighter.

A still further object of the invention is the provision of means for guarding a ame of a lighter from wind so as to prevent the name from being accidentally extinguished.

The lighter shown and described herein has been designed to form a simple and eiiicient pocket lighter which is ignited by the motion of removing a cap portion from a body portion thereof. The cap portion is provided with a depending flint stone and the body portion is provided with an upright curved scraper positioned for registry with the stone when the cap is in position on the lighter. Removal of the cap from the body portion of the lighter will of necessity cause the Wick to ignite by reason of the respective positioning of the flint stone and scraper of the lighter.

With the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being' understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanyingA drawing, wherein:

Figure 1 is a side elevation with parts in cross section illustrating a lighter.

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the lighter shown in Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a horizontal cross section taken on line 3-3 of Figure 1.

Figure 4 is a horizontal cross section taken on line ffl-4 of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a vertical cross section taken on line 5-5 of Figure 1.

By referring to the drawings and Figures l and 2 in particular, it will be seen that a pocket lighter has been disclosed which consists of a body portion Ill'having a cap portion, II for registry with an upper portion I2 of the body portion I0. The upper portion lf2 with the body portion I8 defines a chamber I3 in which suitable uid is positioned and, as is customary in lighter constructions, this chamber I3 is supplied with a filling of iibrous material I4. A threaded orifice I5 is provided in the upper portion l2 of the body IIJ and serves to position a tting I6 having a threaded extensiony depending therefrom. The fitting I6 and the threaded extension have a vertically positioned passageway I1 therein in which a wick I8 is positioned. The lowermost end of the wick I8 extends downwardly into the passageway II of the body portion I8 of the lighter. The upper end of the Wick I8 extends above the uppermost, tapered end of the fitting. I6.

The tting Iis provided with a flame guard member I9 which is aixed to the upper portion of the fitting I6 and which guard member I9 is U-shaped in horizontal cross section and has an upwardly and inwardly curved extension 20 which forms a scraper. An opening 2l is formed in the back of the guard member I9 and serves to admit air into the combustion chamber defined by the extending arms of the U-shaped body membersV of the llame guard I 9. which partially surround the upper end of the wick I8.

The cap portion I'I of the lighter has a flin containing stone 22 positioned therein in depending relation thereto by means of a bolt 23. A washer 24 ls provided between the uppermost end of the int containing stone 22 and the inner portion of the cap II. The bolt 23 threadably engages a threaded opening 25 in the flint carrying stone 22. The chamber I3 of the body member l0 of the lighter is filled with a suitable fluid by the removal of the fitting I6 from the threaded orice I5 thereby providing access to the chamber I3.

It will be observed that the upper, outermost end of the scraper portion 28 of the guard member I9 is in engagement with the vertically positioned, depending flint containing stone 22 aiiixed within the cap portion II of the lighter. The positioning of the scraper 20 adjacent the stone 22 is such that when the cap portion II` is removed, sparks are caused by the engagement of the upwardly and inwardly curved end of the scrapper with the stone 22, which sparks are directed downwardly to the wick I8 by the curved shape of the scraper 20 and thus concentrate the sparks against the wick I8 insuring immediate ignition thereof. Thus, when the cap I I is removed manually from the body portion I0 of the lighter, the wick I8 is ignited. The iiame is extinguished by simply replacing the cap I I on the lighter.

In Figure 3 of the drawings, a horizontal cross section of the lighter is shown and the protected positioning of the wick I3 is clearly disclosed.

In Figure 4 of the drawings, the scraper portion 20 of the guard member I9 of the lighter is shown with the tip of the curved end section shaped to correspond to the round exterior of the stone 22 which provides a relatively large area of contact between the scraper 20 and the stone 22 thereby insuring suilicient sparking to cause ignition of the wick I8.

In Figure 5 of the drawings, which is a vertical section, the opening 2| in the back portion of the guard member I9 is shown. vThe opening 2| provides for the admittance of air to the area of the wick I8 to maintain combustion.

It will thus be seen that a simple and efficient pocket lighter has been disclosed which is ignited when the cap and body portions thereof are sepA arated. The lighter may be, simply and inexpensively formed and, by reason of its compact design, forms an attractive article of commerce. It will also beseen that the ignition of the wick portion of the lighter is insured by the novel formation of the guard and scraper portions I9 and 20, respectively, thereof, the scraper portion 20 being so designed as to provide wide surface contact with the depending flint carrying stone member of the lighter and at the same time to cause the direction of sparks created Vby the movement of these parts to the wick lying in under the scraper where the sparks are concentrated to insure the ignition thereof. The guard member I9 protects the flame and yet provides for necessary air for combustion by reason of the opening 2I therein. In refilling the lighter it is only necessary to unscrew the fitting I6 to gain access to the interior of the body portion and thus a lighter possessing clean exterior lines has been devised which is not dependent in operation upon rotating of wheels, pressing of levers or tripping of springs, as customarily employed with lighter mechanisms.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is: y

1. In a lighter including a body member comprising a uid chamber, `a threaded oriiice in said body member communicating with said fluid chamber, a threaded fitting positioned in said 4 threaded oriiice, a wick positioned through said threaded iitting, said threaded fitting being removable to provide access to said chamber for refilling the same with lighter fluid, a combination guard and scraper member affixed to said threaded tting at one side thereof and including ame shields and an upwardly extending portion curving over and crossing the said wick and spaced thereabove, a cap portion for said lighter having a depending stone positioned therein for axial engagement with the outermost end of the said curved portion of the combination guard and scraper member when the cap portion is engaged on said body member.

2. In a lighter including a body portion and a cap portion, a wick mounted on the upper most part of the said body portion and a depending stone mounted in said cap portion, the said wick and stone being in adjacent position when the cap portion is engaged on said body portion, a combination flame guard and scraper partially enclosing said wick and for engaging said stone to create sparks to ignite' said wick, said combination guard and scraper comprising a cross sectionally U-shaped body having an upwardly extending arm curved over and crossing the said wick and terminating on the other side of the said wick adjacent said depending stone for registry therewith, an opening formed in the said guard to admit air to the said wick for combustion purposes, the said stone engaging end of the upwardly extending curved arm being formed in a radius to engage a wide area of the said depending stone.

FRIEDRICH HEYDLE.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the le of this patent:

UNITED STATES PATENTS Number Name Date 1,072,935 Fischer Sept. 9, 1913 1,462,191 Beck July 17, 1923 2,125,637 Hoppenstand Aug, 2, 1938 FOREIGN PATENTS Number Country Date 410,564 France Mar. 17, 1910 449,641 France Dec. 28, 1912 556,505 France Apr. 16, 1923 

